Garment-fastening.



No. 825,551. PATENTBD JULY 1o, 19o-a.

1H. M. NBIDIG. GARMENT PASTBNING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented July l0, 1906.

Application filed January 16,1906. Se'al No 296,275.

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Be it known that I, HANNAH M. N EIDIG, a citizen of the United States, residin at Sunbury, in the county of N orthumber and and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-F astenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment-fastenings, and more especially to placket-fasteners.

It is also adapted to secure waists in place by securing them to skirts and performs a double function of a waist-retainer and skirtsupporter.

It is simple in construction, readily attached to the garment, quickly operated, and entirely out of sight when in use.

The various features of the invention will be hereinafter more fully explained and described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in whic Figure l shows the fastener attached to a placket of a skirt, the placket thrown open. Fig. 2 shows the fastener attached to a waist, the skirt-band turned down. Fig. 3 is a view skirt `with the placket closed looking from opposite side of F ig. l. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, l indicates the left side of a skirt-placket looking from the rear, with the eyes 2 each made of a single piece of wire, sewed on the skirt.

3 indicates the right side of a skirt-placket.

A indicates a fastener embodying my invention, consisting of a single piece of wire having a straight body portion 4 and end portions 4aL bent at right angles to the body portion, said end portions terminating in loops or thread-eyes 6. Near each end portion the wire is doubled closely upon itself, forming hooks 5, which project laterally from the body. These hooks have their central portions 7 bent out of line with their end portions, as shown in Fig. 4, forming humps which assist in preventing the disen agement of the hooks from the eyes 2. Midway between the hooks the wire has a part S doubled upon itself and forming a loop which projects laterally from the body portion. The end portions 4a, the hooks 5, and the loop 8 all project in the same direction from the body of the fastener. The fastener is secured to the garment by sewing through the thread-eyes 6, the loop 8, and around the entire body portion and end portions. When sewed to the garment, all of the lateral projections lie fiat against the garment except the humpportions of the hooks. The end portions and the central loop being sewed fast to the garment and projecting' in thc same direction as the hooks prevent the latter from swaying or moving outward away from the garment when a stress in that direction is put upon the hooks by the eyes on the opposing part of the garment. The eyes 2 are of common form, consisting of short pieces of wire bent in their central portions and provided with eyes at their ends, as shown. It will be noted that when the hooks engage the eyes they extend between the central parts of the eyes and the cloth to which the eyes are attached, and the ends of the hooks lie flat against the part of the garment to which the hooks are attached. When the two parts of the garment are pulled in opposite directions, it will be seen that the eyes pull against the ends of the hooks adjacent to their points of connection with the body of the fastener, so that ordinarily there is little tendency to turn or bend the hooks. The ends of the hooks lie flat against the garment and are not liable to catch on any other part of the clothing.

Fig. 2 shows the fastener applied to a waist adapted to engage eyes on the waistband of a skirt. By this arrangement the waist-is always held in place and the skirt is prevented from sagging, thus performing the double function of retaining the waist in place and supporting the skirt.

9 is an ordinary single hook on the waistband of a skirt which engages the eye 10 and is used in conjunction with the double hook 5.

The form of fastener described may be used in pairs-that is, one to fasten the placket and the other to secure the waist in place and support the skirt. lts advantages over other fasteners are that it is easily operated, does not catch other parts of garments when in use, does not buckle and show a ridge, is invisible, and is cheaply manufactured. The eyes are all large, which admits of slight movement of the hooks when the body assumes different positions, but the hooks cannot become dislodged.

l Having described my claim, and desire to secure 1. A garment-fastener consisting of a single piece of wire doubled closely upon itself near each end, said doubled portions projectinvention, what I by Letters Patent,

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ing laterally to the main or body portion of having a part near its center doubled upon i5 the Wire and forming hooks, said Wire also itself to forrn a loop extending laterally from having a part near its center doubled upon the body portion, and the ends of the Wire itself to form a loop extending laterally from l being also bent laterally, said hooks, loop the body portion, and the ends of the Wire and end portions projecting in the saine direcbeing also bent laterally, said hooks, loop tion from the body portion, and said hooks 2o andend portions projecting 1n the same dihaving their Central portions bent out of line reotion from the body portion, and said end With the ends of the hooks, to forrn humps.

portions having eyes at their extremities. In testimony whereof I affix my signature 2. A garment-fastener Consisting of a sini in presence of two subscribing Witnesses. gle piece of Wire doubled closely upon itself r HANNAH M. NEDIG. near each end, said doubled portions projeotl Witnesses:

ing laterally to the main or body portion of C. W. CLEMENT,

the Wire and forming hooks, said 'Wire also JOHN WEISER BAssLER. 

